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Abasa
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"He frowned." The title of the lxxxth chapter of the Qur’an. It is said that a blind man, named Abdu ‘llah ibn Umm Maktum, once interrupted Muhammad in conversation with certain chiefs of Quraish. The Prophet, however, took no notice of him, but frowned and turned away; and in the first verse of this Surah, he is represented as reproved by God for having done so - "He frowned and turned his back, for that the blind man came unto him."
citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes
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